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Authority to erect shoring in certain cases.
Director of Buildings and Lands,
CAP. 123]
Buildings
[1985 Ed.
18. (1) Without prejudice to any other provision of this Ordinance and subject to subsection (2), where--
(a) for the purpose of satisfying the Building Authority that such precautions as are referred to in section 16(5) have been taken; or
(b) for the purpose of complying with a condition prescribed
by the Building Authority under section 17,
the erection of shoring for any building is necessary, the person whose building works or proposed building works necessitate the erection of the shoring is hereby authorized to erect, or cause to be erected, such shoring as may be necessary, and the same may be affixed-
(i) in or to or around the building for which it is erected, or otherwise in relation to that building as the circumstances require; or
(ii) with the permission of the Director of Building Development, or an officer of the Building Development Department authorized in that behalf by the Director of Building Development either by name or by reference to an office, granted under subsection (3) and in accordance with such permission, in or over or upon any street, whether or not the street is on land held under lease from the Crown, and maintained for such time as may be necessary and thereafter removed. (Amended, 46 of 1968, s. 2 and L.N. 76/82)
(2) Nothing in subsection (1) authorizes—
(a) the affixing of shoring in or over or upon any land, not being a street, unless the land is owned by either the owner of the building for which the shoring is erected or the person whose building works or proposed building works necessitate the erection of the shoring; or
(b) the affixing of shoring in or to or around, or otherwise in relation to, any building other than the building for which the shoring is erected.
(3) Whenever it is necessary, for either of the purposes specified in subsection (1), to erect shoring in or over or upon a street, whether or not the street is on land held under lease from the Crown,
the Director of Building Development or an officer of the Building Development Department authorized in that behalf by the Director of Building Development, either by name or by reference to an office, may, if he thinks fit, permit the erection of such shoring, subject to such conditions as he considers necessary. (Amended, L.N. 76/82)
(4) Any damage to a building for which shoring is erected pursuant to subsection (1) caused by or resulting from the erection, maintenance or dismantling of the shoring shall be made good as soon as practicable by the person whose building works or proposed building works necessitated the erection, maintenance or dismantling of the shoring. (Amended, 46 of 1968, s. 2)